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This is a list of the Spanish PROMUSICAE Top 20 Singles number-ones of 1990. [1] Chart history. Issue Date Song ... List of number-one hits (Spain) References
Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 6 "La Chica de Humo" Emmanuel [1]January 13 "Cómo Fuí a Enamorarme de Tí" Los Bukis [2]January 20 [3]January 27 "La Cima del Cielo"
Billboard also imposed a linguistic rule requiring an album to have 70% of its content in Spanish (later reduced to 50%) to be eligible to rank on the chart. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first number one of the decade was Tierra de Nadie (1988) by Ana Gabriel , which had been in the top spot since the issue dated November 18, 1989. [ 4 ]
Tango by Julio Iglesias, the last number-one album of 1996, spent 10 weeks at the top of the chart and became the best-selling Latin album of 1997. [13] Romances by Luis Miguel won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, debuted at number 14 in the Billboard 200, and spent 11 non-consecutive weeks at number one on this chart. [14]
February 10 – "Lambada" by French-Brazilian group Kaoma becomes the first non Spanish-language song to top the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. The song is performed entirely in Portuguese. [3] [4] May 23 – Billboard commences its first ever Latin Music Conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Miami, Florida. [5]
Like the previous two decades, Latin pop was mainly dominated by baladas.Unlike the Latin balladeers of the 1970s and 1980s however, Latin crooners in the 1990s such as Luis Miguel, Cristian Castro, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, and Alejandro Fernández, were much younger (being in their 20s) and appealed to a more youthful audience. [3]
The Spanish versions of "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin, "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias and "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean were among the most successful Latin singles of 1999 and 2006. The English versions of these songs all peaked at number one in the Billboard Hot 100.
Latin music in the United States is defined by both the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Billboard magazine as any release with 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. [1] [2] Since 2010, Billboard has tracked the best-selling Latin Digital Songs chart on January 23, 2010, which shows the top downloaded Spanish ...